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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy.Born in Pittsburgh, Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was brought up in Oakland, California. She graduated from Radcliffe College in…
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Venice, Kingdom of Italy (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1908
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This astrolabe, an astronomical instrument, from the sixteenth century is inscribed in Hebrew characters.
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ca. 1550
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The northern Negev and the Negev mountain range
Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like watercourse in the Negev
They who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy
—Psalms 126:4–5
More than half of the…
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Seffi Ben-Yoseph
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1985
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This dictionary of maritime terms, a hand-written manuscript, includes definitions in Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1780
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On the existence and nature of a great and awesome, holy world, which is situated beyond the equator, and whether it is possible that there is a settlement south of this equator, called zo…
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Abraham Farissol
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
First Quarter of the 16th Century